Averting sea-blindness in realm of blue economy on August 1, 2020Blue Economy is regarded as the decoupling of socio-economic activities and development from environmental degradation and optimizing the benefits which may be derived from marine resources. The attitude of achieving long-term prosperity by a country or a region befitting the wellbeing of all citizens and the mankind preserving the environment, especially the sea is the […]
India Sharpening The Tusk: Arming Without Aiming Plus on June 29, 2020Force posture is the actual output of ones’ own resource input and organizational process, and as such, is not always what one anticipates. Force posture is predominantly a comparative term. Its two main dimensions are structural capabilities and policy intent; given the relative difficulty of accessing the intentions, there is generally more inclination towards analysis […]
With freedom comes responsibility! on October 7, 2019One’s choice to act presumes one’s freedom to choose. One’s freedom to choose entails the choice of actions, for one, really can’t just choose within his/her mind and take that as an exhibition of freedom, just as how freedom of speech is always epitomised in genuine free speech. The choice of actions leads to a […]
Entente cordiale: an overview of Pak-China relations on September 30, 2019An old civilization; a culture tantamount to the abundance of material and spiritual values; a nation that maintained its individuality and preserved its identity despite innovation; the civilisation that takes pride in many achievements of mankind; the birthplace of gun powder, paper and book printing; the land from where the ancient silk road sprang and […]
The flying coffin on March 16, 2019“If intense warfare broke out tomorrow, India could supply its troops with only 10 days of ammunition, according to government estimates. And 68 per cent of the army’s equipment is so old, it is officially considered vintage”. This is what was stated in a recent report published in The New York Times about India’s military […]
Only the dead have seen the end of war! on March 6, 2019Way back, a poem by Isaac Rosenberg surfaced. He was 28-years old when he died in World War I; “Snow is a strange word; No ice or frost Have asked of bud or bird For winter’s cost. Yet ice and frost and snow From earth to sky This summer land doth know, No man knows […]
Only the dead have seen the end of war! on March 3, 2019Way back a poem by Isaac Rosenberg surfaced. He was 28 and he died in the First World War; “Snow is a strange word; No ice or frost Have asked of bud or bird For winter’s cost. Yet ice and frost and snow From earth to sky This summer land doth know, No man knows […]
Exercise Aman2019: understanding peace on February 13, 2019The great exponent of sea power, American naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan, who died in 1914, is still read with attention by political leaders and their military advisers today. “Control of the sea,” he wrote in 1890, “by maritime commerce and naval supremacy, means predominant influence in the world; because, however great the wealth product […]
Pak-US relations: resetting the terms of engagement in Afghanistan on September 4, 2018The election of Imran Khan to the prime Minister office is no less than a glimmer of hope for the nation’s lost credibility in the comity of nations. Mr Khan however has assumed the charge of the office whence Pakistan confronts a few major challenges on the foreign policy front. For instance, Pak-US relations are […]
NSG’s India problem on June 22, 2018The Nuclear Supplier’s Group (NSG), one of the most critical and influential cartels promoting non-proliferation, intends to let India join it, bypassing the chronicled reality that the NSG was created against Indian nuclear weapons tests. The great powers possessing nuclear weapons have already given certain exemptions to India in terms of trading in the field […]